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Francesca - alla guida - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Francesca e il suo compagno di viaggio hanno appena bucato! Seguite le semplici istruzioni per cambiare una ruota, anche nel bel mezzo di una campagna!

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Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Adopting an animal is a serious undertaking! Marika is fully aware of that fact and in this final segment, she gets down to the nitty-gritty of keeping cats at home.

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Caption 50 [it]: le cucciole appena svezzate possono mangiare solo croccantini secchi,
Caption 50 [en]: the kittens, as soon as they have been weaned, can eat just dry kibble,

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Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Adopting a dog means going through several steps. Marika describes what she and her family went through in attempting to realize their dream of having a puppy.

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Caption 36 [it]: di gattini appena nati.
Caption 36 [en]: of newborn kittens.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela shows us some additional indefinite adjectives that have to do with quantity. When used as adjectives, they need to agree, in gender and number, with the nouns they describe. Some of these words can also be used as adverbs, and in this case, they don't change.

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Caption 4 [it]: appena sufficiente.
Caption 4 [en]: just enough.

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Marika spiega - Come - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this second part, you will master using come (how) in questions and exclamations.

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Caption 33 [it]: Può avere anche il significato di "appena"
Caption 33 [en]: It can also have the meaning of "as soon as"

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Forma negativa - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In the last lesson we learned to place non (not) before the verb in a negative sentence, but when there are other words involved, it gets a bit more complicated, especially when we have object pronouns in the mix.

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Caption 2 [it]: La prima posizione è quella che abbiamo appena visto,
Caption 2 [en]: The first position is the one we just looked at,

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Marika spiega - Avverbi di quantità

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

How much is too much? Marika explains about quantity, and shares some common idioms about quantity and degree that can come in very handy.

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Caption 45 [it]: "Appena" vuol dire "molto poco".
Caption 45 [en]: "Barely" means "very little."

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Marika spiega - Gli avverbi - Avverbi di tempo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika discusses adverbs of time, including: subito [immediately], mai [never], and talvolta [sometimes].

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Caption 3 [it]: Nella frase che ho appena pronunciato ci sono ben tre avverbi di tempo
Caption 3 [en]: In the phrase that I just said, there are a good three adverbs of time,

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Marika spiega - Il verbo mancare

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika features the verb mancare [to miss] and provides numerous expressions using the verb.

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Caption 20 [it]: "mia sorella è appena partita e già mi manca!"
Caption 20 [en]: “My sister has just left and I already miss her!”

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Marika spiega - I verbi venire e andare - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika continues with her lesson on the crucial verbs, andare [to go] and venire [to come], and provides many useful examples.

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Caption 14 [it]: Sono appena arrivata alla stazione di Bologna
Caption 14 [en]: I've just arrived at Bologna station

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Marika spiega - I pronomi diretti

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

Marika gives us an overview on how to use direct object pronouns, which take the place of direct objects when the object has already been referred to. Here's an example of this in English: "Do you know the answer [direct object noun]?" "Yes I know it [direct object pronoun]."

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Caption 65 [it]: Possiamo dire: l'ho appena cominciato a leggere.
Caption 65 [en]: We can say, "I just started reading it."

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Marika spiega - I verbi riflessivi e reciproci

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

Marika introduces us to an area where Italian and English have some important differences: reflexive and reciprocal verbs. For extra help, see: Reflections on the Reflexive and Ci Gets Around: Part 1

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Caption 3 [it]: Per esempio, un uovo fresco di giornata è un uovo appena deposto.
Caption 3 [en]: For example, an egg that's fresh from today is an egg that was just laid.

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Daniela e Francesca - Il verbo sentire

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Daniela and Francesca talk about the different meanings of "sentire" (to feel or to hear) and give us examples as they conjugate the verb in various tenses.

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Caption 30 [it]: Ho appena frequentato un corso di yoga, dove mi hanno garantito
Caption 30 [en]: I just attended a yoga course where they guaranteed me,

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Anna e Marika - Il verbo essere - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika and Anna conjugate the verb to be in the simple present, present perfect, and simple past.

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Caption 20 [it]: Io ed Anna vi abbiamo appena coniugato il presente indicativo del verbo essere.
Caption 20 [en]: Anna and I have just conjugated for you the indicative present of the verb to be.

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Marika spiega - I veicoli

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

Marika takes us to Rome, and talks about all the different ways we can get around--trains, scooters, and even hydrofoils.

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Caption 1 [it]: Ciao! Il tuo aereo è appena atterrato a Roma
Caption 1 [en]: Hi! Your airplane has just landed in Rome

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